Lawsuit: Sorority Membership a "Human Rights" Issue?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

No, its not unusual for NPHC orgs to put a cap on their chapter membership. One other HBCU that I know has a cap of 50 incoming members. Putting a cap on membership just helps to control numbers. Much like the quota system of NPC.

So this was Howard putting the cap on membership, not AKA? I didn't know that the schools had any pull with regard to intake (outside of "you can't bring in any new members").

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

So this was Howard putting the cap on membership, not AKA? I didn't know that the schools had any pull with regard to intake (outside of "you can't bring in any new members").

From the one HBCU that I know of, yes, the school put a cap on membership.